Triggerfish Animation, Afrika Toon, Sacem, Gaité Lyrique, Camera Lucida… in 2018, new partners are joining Digital Lab Africa to incubate next-gen talent in Africa. Winning applicants of DLA’s second edition will be accompanied by its whole ecosystem made of the best French and Sub-Saharan African experts and companies in multimedia field. The objective of DLA’s [...]

Only 1 month left to apply for the screenwriters residency Realness Initiated by Urucu Media in partnership with La Fabrique Cinéma - Institut Français, Realness Residency is a pan-African programme dedicated to developing and supporting the next generation of African screenwriting talent. Each year, the program is hosting 5 young african directors in the Cradle of Humankind near [...]

Second edition of Digital Lab Africa to kick off at DISCOP Johannesburg! DISCOP Johannesburg (25-27 October) is the world's number one destination to acquire and co-produce content "Made in Africa" and sell international film, television and digital content into Sub-Saharan Africa. Digital Lab Africa- DLA, a springboard and an incubation platform for African talent [...]

DLA winners John DeVries & Greg Kriek will attend upcoming Cross Video Days in Paris. The first edition of Digital Lab Africa led to reveal promising talent such as John DeVries and Greg Kriek from TH Films. The two South African winners of the transmedia category have been selected to present their web series in [...]

After attending the Annecy Animation Festival, DLA winner in the Web Creation category settles down in Paris for a week After presenting his animated web series project Area Daddy at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival and Market (MIFA), Nigerian animation artist & 2016 DLA winner in the Web Creation category Ayodele Elegba is in [...]

Event recap: SA talent set to score on the global stage with Digital lab Africa On 8 June, Digital Lab Africa (DLA), the reference platform for tomorrow’s content in Africa, unveiled how the South African DLA 2016 winners for the Transmedia and Virtual Reality categories are heading for international success in the final stage of [...]

Digital Lab Africa returns to DISCOP Abidjan! A year after its launch at DISCOP Abidjan, the reference market for TV content in Africa, Digital Lab Africa returns to Abidjan. From 30 May to 1 June 2017, DLA will showcase the improvements of the five 2016 DLA winners, after a six month incubation period. DLA will [...]

The transmedia web series project raised interest from potential French partners during their residency in France they just completed last week. 1. John, Greg, could you tell us more about your transmedia project Reborn? Reborn is a global high octane, character driven interactive narrative series targeted at VOD, mobile and TV platforms. It is a multithreaded [...]

Transmedia winners John DeVries & Greg Kriek have started their residency in Paris TH Films producers & 2016 DLA winners for transmedia category John DeVries & Greg Kriek have just completed the first week of their 2 week-long incubation program in France. The SA duo is having working sessions with their DLA mentor and ARTE [...]